Pausanias Analysis

Passage 9.15.5

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Passage 9.15.5: Gryllos, son of Xenophon, killed Epaminondas at Mantineia.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὡς δὲ ἀφίκετο πρὸς Μαντίνειαν τῇ στρατιᾷ, νικῶν καὶ τότε ὑπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀπέθανεν Ἀθηναίου· καὶ Ἀθήνῃσιν ἐν ἱππέων μάχῃ τὸν Ἐπαμινώνδαν ὁ ἀνὴρ οὗτος γέγραπται φονεύων Γρύλος ὁ Ξενοφῶντος, Ξενοφῶντος δὴ τοῦ Κύρῳ ὁδοῦ μετασχόντος ἐπὶ βασιλέα Ἀρταξέρξην καὶ ὀπίσω τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐπὶ θάλασσαν ἡγησαμένου.

English Translation

When he arrived with his army near Mantineia, though victorious there also, he was slain by the hand of an Athenian. It is recorded that this man, Gryllos, the son of Xenophon, killed Epaminondas during a cavalry engagement. Gryllos was indeed the son of Xenophon, who took part in Cyrus' expedition against King Artaxerxes and afterward led the Greeks safely back to the sea.

Proper Nouns

Hellenes (Ἕλληνες) other
Gryllus (Γρύλος) person Q10291570
Cyrus (Κῦρος) person
Xenophon (Ξενοφῶν) person
Athenian (Ἀθηναῖος) person
Artaxerxes (Ἀρταξέρξης) person
Epaminondas (Ἐπαμινώνδας) person
Mantineia (Μαντίνεια) place Q1160195
Athens (Ἀθῆναι) place Q844930
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